Malta
Ta’ Pinu Basilica: the mysterious voice a farmer heard in a country chapel, now Gozo’s ‘church of miracles’
Il 22 giugno 1883, Karmni (Carmela) Grima, una donna di 45 anni, stava tornando a casa dai campi…
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Mexico
Templo de Santo Domingo de Guzmán: the fortress-church whose plain walls hide one of the most lavish gilded interiors in the Americas
Nel centro di Oaxaca, in Messico, la costruzione della chiesa domenicana di Santo Domingo de Guzmán iniziò negli…
Lithuania
The Bernardine Church: one of Vilnius’s largest Gothic buildings, once a Soviet-era art institute warehouse
A Vilnius, in Lituania, i francescani osservanti, detti bernardini in onore di san Bernardino da Siena per distinguerli…
Belarus
The Cathedral of Peter and Paul: fortress-like walls that helped Minsk’s oldest stone church survive centuries of turmoil
A Minsk, in Bielorussia, il terreno per la Cattedrale degli Apostoli Pietro e Paolo fu donato "in perpetuo"…
Egypt
The Church of Abu Serga: built over a crypt where Coptic tradition says the Holy Family once rested
Nel Vecchio Cairo, all'interno della fortezza romana di Babilonia, la chiesa dei santi Sergio e Bacco, nota come…
Guatemala
The Church of La Merced: built low and thick-walled to survive the earthquake that ended Antigua’s time as a capital
Ad Antigua Guatemala, i frati mercedari si insediarono nella valle di Panchoy dopo essere stati costretti a lasciare…
Guatemala
The Church of San Francisco el Grande: rebuilt from earthquake ruin to hold the tomb of Central America’s first saint
Ad Antigua Guatemala, i francescani, giunti in Guatemala nel 1530, si trasferirono nella valle di Panchoy nel 1541;…
Brazil
The Church of São Francisco de Assis: designed, carved and completed by a single disabled genius, Aleijadinho
A Ouro Preto, in Minas Gerais, la costruzione della chiesa di San Francesco d'Assisi iniziò nel 1766, dopo…
Brazil
The Church of São Francisco: a plain colonial facade hiding one of Brazil’s most gold-covered Baroque interiors
Nel quartiere Pelourinho di Salvador, in Bahia, i frati francescani si insediarono nella città già nel 1587, ma…
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